THE Q UORN HUNT. 2 1 



chaser, to hunt the North Warwickshire 

 country. 



Lord Suffield, with a profuse expendi- 

 ture of the circulating medium, was ex- 

 pected to ecHpse every predecessor in this 

 aristocratic region ; but unfortuitous events 

 frustrated these hopes. His lordship ob- 

 tained Mr Lambton's hounds In exchange 

 for the large sum of 3000 guineas, and he 

 built new kennels and stables at Billesdon, 

 but only occupied them one brief season, 

 when the hounds were disposed of to Mr 

 Robertson, again to travel northwards. It 

 was a bad scenting season, and with hounds 

 unaccustomed to be pressed upon by hard 

 riders, the sport was not equal to expectations, 

 when Mr Hodgson, coming from Holder- 

 ness in 1839, with a remarkably hard-work- 

 ing pack of hounds, by a succession of good 

 runs, redeemed the somewhat faded fame of 

 this celebrated country. Two short seasons, 

 however, terminated the career of this gentle- 

 man as M aster of the Q uorn. H e was every 

 inch a sportsman. It was during Mr Hodg- 

 son's brief occupation that Mr Assheton 



